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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 125.211 

(xvi) A 2-day supply of emergency 

food rations supplying at least 1,000 
calories a day for each person; 

(xvii) One sea water desalting kit for 

each two persons that raft is rated to 
carry, or two pints of water for each 
person the raft is rated to carry; 

(xviii) One fishing kit; and 
(xix) One book on survival appro-

priate for the area in which the air-
plane is operated. 

(b) No person may operate an air-

plane in extended overwater operations 
unless there is attached to one of the 
life rafts required by paragraph (a) of 
this section, an approved survival type 
emergency locator transmitter. Bat-
teries used in this transmitter must be 
replaced (or recharged, if the batteries 
are rechargeable) when the transmitter 
has been in use for more than one cu-
mulative hour, or, when 50 percent of 
their useful life (or for rechargeable 
batteries, 50 percent of their useful life 
of charge) has expired, as established 
by the transmitter manufacturer under 
its approval. The new expiration date 
for replacing (or recharging) the bat-
tery must be legibly marked on the 
outside of the transmitter. The battery 
useful life (or useful life of charge) re-
quirements of this paragraph do not 
apply to batteries (such as water-acti-
vated batteries) that are essentially 
unaffected during probable storage in-
tervals. 

[Doc. No. 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, as 
amended by Amdt. 125–20, 59 FR 32058, June 
21, 1994] 

§ 125.211

Seat and safety belts. 

(a) No person may operate an air-

plane unless there are available during 
the takeoff, en route flight, and land-
ing— 

(1) An approved seat or berth for each 

person on board the airplane who is at 
least 2 years old; and 

(2) An approved safety belt for sepa-

rate use by each person on board the 
airplane who is at least 2 years old, ex-
cept that two persons occupying a 
berth may share one approved safety 
belt and two persons occupying a mul-
tiple lounge or divan seat may share 
one approved safety belt during en 
route flight only. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraphs 

(b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section, each 

person on board an airplane operated 
under this part shall occupy an ap-
proved seat or berth with a separate 
safety belt properly secured about him 
or her during movement on the surface, 
takeoff, and landing. A safety belt pro-
vided for the occupant of a seat may 
not be used for more than one person 
who has reached his or her second 
birthday. Notwithstanding the pre-
ceding requirements, a child may: 

(1) Be held by an adult who is occu-

pying an approved seat or berth, pro-
vided the child has not reached his or 
her second birthday and the child does 
not occupy or use any restraining de-
vice; or 

(2) Notwithstanding any other re-

quirement of this chapter, occupy an 
approved child restraint system fur-
nished by the certificate holder or one 
of the persons described in paragraph 
(b)(2)(i) of this section, provided: 

(i) The child is accompanied by a par-

ent, guardian, or attendant designated 
by the child’s parent or guardian to at-
tend to the safety of the child during 
the flight; 

(ii) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b)(2)(ii)(D) of this section, the ap-
proved child restraint system bears one 
or more labels as follows: 

(A) Seats manufactured to U.S. 

standards between January 1, 1981, and 
February 25, 1985, must bear the label: 
‘‘This child restraint system conforms 
to all applicable Federal motor vehicle 
safety standards’’; 

(B) Seats manufactured to U.S. 

standards on or after February 26, 1985, 
must bear two labels: 

(

1

) ‘‘This child restraint system con-

forms to all applicable Federal motor 
vehicle safety standards’’; and 

(

2

) ‘‘THIS RESTRAINT IS CER-

TIFIED FOR USE IN MOTOR VEHI-
CLES AND AIRCRAFT’’ in red let-
tering; 

(C) Seats that do not qualify under 

paragraphs (b)(2)(ii)(A) and (b)(2)(ii)(B) 
of this section must bear a label or 
markings showing: 

(

1

) That the seat was approved by a 

foreign government; 

(

2

) That the seat was manufactured 

under the standards of the United Na-
tions; 

(

3

) That the seat or child restraint 

device furnished by the certificate 

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